Titanic: The Final Chapter

Within days of the unexpected foundering of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912, a senate investigation into the disaster was launched by Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan. Titanic: The Final Chapter recounts the little known story of how a small-town politician from Grand Rapids challenged Titanics owner, millionaire business tycoon JP Morgan, and his conglomerate, the International Mercantile Marine, to prove negligence in the mighty ships catastrophic demise.

Bearing all of the earmarks of a twentieth century David and Goliath, this unique documentary provides a rare glimpse into the events that sealed Titanics horrific fate and how they forever changed the course of maritime law.

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• Titanic
• Senator
• William
• Alden
• Smith
• JP
• Morgan
• International
• Mercantile
• Marine